Pillar 3

Pillar 3 in the daytime

Pillar 3 contains a cipher with hexagonal letters of the DNA molecule base pairs (Unsolved), a star-based cipher (Not transcribed and Unsolved) and a series of numbers around the bottom which probably form part of a cipher (Unsolved).

Hex Code

Photograph of the DNA code grid

The hexagonal glyphs represent the letters of DNA: G, A, T, C in a highly stylised form - compiled in pairs as in DNA.

In the middle of the top line, a hexagon replaces one of the base pairs - it is marked in the transcription as "?".

Transcription of the DNA-hexagons is:

TCGGTAGTTGCTTC?AAGCGTGCTAGC AGCCATCAACGAAG?TTCGCACGATCG TGGGTACGGTCCCACCAGGAGGCATAC ACCCATGCCAGGGTGGTCCTCCGTATG CCCCTGTGCGTAAAACCGTCTGATGAC GGGGACACGCATTTTGGCAGACTACTG GAAGGCACACGGGCCGCTCATACGGTA CTTCCGTGTGCCCGGCGAGTATGCCAT CGTTAGTTACCTTTGCGTGCTCTCGGC GCAATCAATGGAAACGCACGAGAGCCG

Star code

An example of the star code

To be transcribed and photos compiled. See the image gallery in the interim. If you have any suggestions about a lettering or numbering system for describing these glyphs, please email me at dkrypt@dkrypt.org

Base

A series of numbers run around the base of Pillar 3:

10 12 12 14 11 12 14 15 28 3016 17 11 11 8 10 10 15 19 24 9 12 11 13 9 93 8 8 14 17